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Tootsie with Nori Reed
2026/04/23
Hey Toots! This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Nori Reed are talking Tootsie (1982)!
Follow Nori on Instagram at @norireed
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids with Jana Schmieding
2026/04/16
On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Jana Schmieding get shrunk and examine Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)!
Follow Jana on Instagram at @janaunplgd and listen to her podcast, Sage-Based Wisdom!
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Jupiter Ascending with Summer Farah
2026/04/09
This week, surprise space clone queens Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Summer Farah discuss Jupiter Ascending (2015).
Follow Summer on Instagram at @bordersbookstore
We the Unhoused is a Webby nominee! (And vote for Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here while you're at it!) Voting is open through April 16th.
VOTE HERE: https://wbby.co/57462N
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Vote for We the Unhoused for the Webbys!
2026/04/04
Jamie pops in to ask for your humble vote for the Webbys this year -- We the Unhoused is a nominee! (And vote for Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here while you're at it!) Voting is open through April 16th.
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Moonfall
2026/04/01
On this very serious and important episode, Jamie and Caitlin reverently discuss cinema's greatest achievement, Moonfall (2022)
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Ready or Not (2019)
2026/03/26
Ready or not, here we come with an unlocked episode from our Matreon about Ready or Not (2019)!
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Challengers with Princess Weekes
2026/03/19
This week, tennis stars Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Princess Weekes have a threeway discussion about Challengers (2024).
Here's Princess's video essay on the film, "Tashi Duncan Is The Hero of Challengers" --https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3xcF_CqxgA and here's screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes's YouTube video "Potion Seller" -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_FQU4KzN7A&t=2s
Follow Princess on Instagram at @princess_weekes and YouTube at youtube.com/@Princess_Weekes
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The Luck of the Irish (2001)
2026/03/12
On this episode, leprechauns Caitlin and Jamie head to the end of the rainbow to discuss the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Luck of the Irish (2001).
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The Women (1939) with Ramzi Fawaz
2026/03/05
On this week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Ramzi Fawaz head to Reno Divorce Camp to discuss The Women (1939)!
Follow Ramzi on Instagram at @nerdfromthefuture and check out his website ramzifawaz.com
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Daughters of the Dust with Kenice Mobley
2026/02/26
This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Kenice Mobley (on her eighth appearance on the show!) examine Daughters of the Dust (1991)!
Follow Kenice on Instagram at @kenicemobley
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane with Angelica Jade Bastién
2026/02/19
On this episode, former child stars Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Angelica Jade Bastién write letters to daddy and examine What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962).
Follow Angelica on IG at @angelicajadebastien | letterboxd.com/angelicajade | angelicabastien.substack.com
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American Fiction Ronald Young, Jr.
2026/02/12
This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Ronald Young Jr. examine representation in a movie that examines representation -- American Fiction (2023)!
Follow Ronald on Instagram, Threads, and Letterboxd at @ohitsbigron and check out his podcasts Weight For It and Leaving the Theater!
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West Side Story (1961) with Becca Ramos
2026/02/05
*finger snap* Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Becca Ramos *finger snap* discuss West Side Story (1961) finger snap
Follow Becca on Instagram at @beccsramos and check out her new podcast, Welcome to El Barrio!
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Don't Worry Darling with Payton McCarty-Simas
2026/01/29
On this episode that feels like an episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Payton McCarty-Simas talk about the movie that feels like a movie... Don't Worry Darling (2022). Here's the piece we mention, "Don’t Worry Darling Is Peak White Feminism (As Expected)" by Haaniyah Angus -- https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/dont-worry-darling-white-feminism
Follow Payton on Instagram at @paytplace and grab a copy of out her book, That Very Witch: Fear Feminism & The American Witch Film
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The Prestige with Kayla Drescher
2026/01/22
On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Kayla Drescher have a discussion about The Prestige (2006), disappear it, then make it magically reappear for your listening pleasure!
Follow Kayla on social media at @magicinheels and check out her magic venue in Chicago, Cosmic Underground Theater | @cosmicundergroundtheater
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Vainwreck
2025/12/22
Found this podcast this year
I’m enjoying the show a lot! I’ve even gone backwards and listened to some episodes that I actually LOVED and have been woken up why they’re bad movie...
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marspowr
2026/04/10
Obnoxious and exhausting
I listened to a few episodes and was so put off by the way these hosts manage to be offended by literally everything. Every element of every film is e...
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GG from Seattle
2025/12/02
Unsubbed
I want to love this show so bad. I really do. I just feel like Caitlin has a hard time seeing views that contradict hers and immediately jumps to inva...
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Eddy Tony
2025/11/10
Important Perspectives but with room for improvement
I got into the podcast though Jamie’s other more journalistic podcasts that I loved and always found compelling and informative.
So I started listeni...
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d4720472
2025/10/17
Question mark?
You do not need to say out loud the phrase “question mark?” Every time you ask a question
De Vanna 7654
2025/08/18
Sigh
One of the hosts loves to growl the phrase “my daughter,” I guess because 1) she’s imitating Liam Neeson in the movie Taken, and 2) because she thinks...
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Pumpernickel palace
2025/09/23
Pedantic
Pedantic. Can be fun if they are ripping a movie you hate or like a movie you like but otherwise obnoxiously pedantic.
Edited: officially done with t...
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chauvinist????
2025/08/24
Dreadful
Adds nothing to the understanding of the film, not clever, not funny.
kiraj25
2025/08/06
Ran its course
I’m not sure these women actually like movies anymore. Might be time to move onto new projects, y’all.
LostListens
2025/08/17
Great show
Just wish I knew more about whether they think that my country is disgusting and we should all stop existing. Unclear because they only bring it up ev...